Santa 2011

Here are our Santa pictures for this year. Jessica is looking forward to Christmas. I think she will be into a bit more than last year. She just stares at the tree and has pulled some of the ornaments off. I just put some presents under the tree from family and she has been good so far. She did pick up one and when I told her that wasn't for her she put it back. I'm excited to see her on Christmas day! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Happy 2012!

Walt Disney World 2011

We got to go to Disney World with Grandpa Luellen! We had a great time visiting with him and seeing all the sights.
Kissing our little princess!
Jessica loved Mickey and Minnie!
Minnie is her new best friend!
Loved that Disney World was all decorated for Christmas! It truly was amazing! It even snowed for the Christmas shows and parades. This is just a brief view of our trip. Fun was had by all!

Cruise 2011 ~ Oasis of the Sea

Our little island girl had a blast on the cruise.
Just a couple of highlights from our cruise! Parasailing! It was awesome! And the view amazing! One thing off my bucket list!
Our ship!
One of the beaches!
Our ship is on the left! It is HUGE! So much to see and do. I needed another week just to check out the ship more throughly.
Our beautiful cruise buddies!!! We had a blast with them! We were invited to go again in 7 years to celebrate one of the couples 50th wedding anniversary. I can't wait!

Coco

We have lost our sweet Coco bug! Love you and will miss you! As you can tell she was a great dog that loved to be next to one of us.

Jessica's 1st Birthday!

I will apologize this is totally out of order. I just wanted to get some of her birthday party pictures posted.Jessica in her birthday dress that I made! You can ooh and ah now! I know Christie sewing!!!
A picture of each month of Jessica. Newborn to 11 months!
Ladybug pretzels! My sister totally helped me out on these. So cute! Correction she wants all the credit for them!
This was the best game! The kids were having a blast! Picking out 50 buttons out of 7lbs of jelly beans. Jessica was just interested in just eating them!
Cake picture!!! The after!
The before picture!

Some of the decorations!
Before the party! Posing with her birthday banner!I love this picture! This kind of sums it all up! My moms yummy egg rolls and Jessica is really enjoying them! And her little oneies I made too! I know again ooh and ahs! I'm getting way too crafty! I had a blast preparing for her party! Sewing and making the banner and the other decoration. Box after box kept arriving at my sisters house. I will try to put up more pictures. We had a wonderful day! Family came down from Washington, my best friend and her family from Utah came, and other wonderful friends came that I haven't seen in a while. Love to my wonderful family and friends that helped celebrate and make Jessica's 1st birthday so memorable.

Sammy!

In honor of the ten years Sammy was with us! We love you and will miss you!

First Easter Pictures!

With a real live bunny!

When she gets excited!
She looks like she's trying to hide something!
Funny hat!

9 months

Jessica is growing!

Height 30"in. 98%

Weight 17.8 lbs 24%

She can still wear 3-6 months clothes! Which is awesome! I am totally getting use out of all the wonderful things so many wonderful people gave us at our baby showers. Thank you again for all of those that love us so much!

Blog Slacker!

I'm not really being a slacker! I'm just enjoying my sweet girl too much! Time sure has flown by! Lots to post and some started just not finished! We will get there! Someday! I'm already trying to plan her 1st birthday party! So many cute things!

Forks!

So before leaving I had one request! Could we go to Forks! When I moved to Texas and people learned I was from Washington that was usually one of the first question had I ever been to Forks! Well I can now say that I have! Not really much to see there! The movies not even filmed there. We bought the token Twilight shirt that says Forks, Washington! Had to get one for Jess! Had a great time with family! I will have to find the picture of me in front of the Fork, WA sign.

Meers

So there is a burger place that we were told we needed to check out. Meers (http://www.meersstore.com) I'll let you read the history but it's pretty cool!

The burger is huge! They make homemade ice cream and cobblers! Yummy! I'm not to sure this place is going to be so great for my waistline. I will explain the slab of meat so when you order a steak here they bring out the steak and you tell show them how big of piece you want and then you get to cut it. We will have to try this next time. They also have fried corn on the cob! Which way really good too! Bubba's Gas just the gas station you pass on the way to the restaurant. Just thought it was kind of funny!

Our move!

So we are now in Lawton, Oklahoma! Here just a few of the pictures we have taken so far! Just to give you a little information about where we live. On the way coming and going to our house we pass a field full of cows! And behind our house is another field that has sheep in it and wind mills. It is so quiet! There is a lake about 5 minutes from our house. The wildlife refuge is about 10 minutes from our house. The sunsets are amazing! The last one is of our neighborhood at sunset. We try walking every night around the neighborhood. People are so friendly here. Our first Sunday at church the E.Q. president and his wife came over with a plate of cookies that night! Amazing can't say that ever happened in Lakewood. One of the Docs that use to be in Ft. Lewis ward dad lives in our ward so that is a fun connection. Enough about my new ward for now.

We live somewhat close to what they call mountains here. We call them hills!

6 Months

Time sure is flying by! I'm starting to feel like I now longer have a baby! She is moving so much! She truly is our joy! Here are some of her 6 month photos!

Stats!

Weight 15 lbs 11 oz. 39%

Height 27 inches 87 % Thinking she might be tall!

On the move!

She's rolls and now is crawling! This was more the beginning stages of it. She also does push ups! It makes me laugh! Love our girl!!!

Multnomah Falls 1-2-2011

As Ralph travels to our new duty station in the car we are spending a couple of days with my family in Oregon. We always talk about going to the falls but haven't ever done it until this visit. It was super cold and windy but amazingly breath taking! Quite literally!